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layout: single
property_name: column-gap
---

<section id="column-gap" class="property">
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    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#column-gap"><span>#</span>column-gap</a>
    </h2>
    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines the gap between the columns of the element.</p>

    </div>

  </header>

    <style type="text/css">.column-gap { column-count: 3;-moz-column-count: 3;-webkit-column-count: 3; }</style>




    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="column-gap: normal;">column-gap: normal;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The gap between the columns is set to the browser&#39;s <strong>default</strong> value, which usually is <strong>1em</strong>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div column-gap " id="column-gap-normal"><p class="block block--alpha">Hello world</p><p class="block block--beta">Foo bar</p><p class="block block--pink">CSS Reference</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#column-gap-normal{ column-gap:normal;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="column-gap: 2px;">column-gap: 2px;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>You can use <strong>pixel</strong> values for the gap.</p>
<p>Note that the gap only appears <em>between</em> columns, and not on the exterior sides of the edge columns.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div column-gap " id="column-gap-2px"><p class="block block--alpha">Hello world</p><p class="block block--beta">Foo bar</p><p class="block block--pink">CSS Reference</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#column-gap-2px{ column-gap:2px;}</style>
        <style type="text/css">#column-gap-2px{ -moz-column-gap: 2px;-webkit-column-gap: 2px; }</style>
    </section>

</section>
